Joshua 21:20 - Forerunner Commentary

Joshua 21:20

18 Anathoth with its common-land, and ^aAlmon with its common-land: four cities.

19 All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their common-lands.

20 ^aAnd the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites, the rest of the children of Kohath, even they had the cities of their¹ lot from the tribe of Ephraim.

21 For they gave them ^aShechem with its common-land in the mountains of Ephraim (a city of refuge for the slayer), ^bGezer with its common-land,

22 Kibzaim with its common-land, and Beth Horon with its common-land: four cities;

23 and from the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with its common-land, Gibbethon with its common-land,

24 ^aAijalon with its common-land, and Gath Rimmon with its common-land: four cities;

25 and from the half-tribe of Manasseh, Tanach with its common-land and Gath Rimmon with its common-land: two cities.

26 All the ten cities with their common-lands were for the rest of the families of the children of Kohath.

27 ^aAlso to the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, from the other half-tribe of Manasseh, they gave ^bGolan in Bashan with its common-land (a city of refuge for the slayer), and Be Eshterah with its common-land: two cities;

28 and from the tribe of Issachar, Kishion with its common-land, Daberath with its common-land,

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Definitions of words in Joshua 21:20:

Levites {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Rest {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Rest {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Tribe {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Tribe {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Ephraim {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Ephraim {Hitchcock's Bible Names}

Kohath {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Kohath {Hitchcock's Bible Names}

Lot {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Lot {Hitchcock's Bible Names}

Other definition entries containing Joshua 21:20:

Merarites {Easton's}

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